Megha Kumar studied South Asian history as a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford, obtaining a DPhil in 2009. She has subsequently held the Past and Present Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research in London, and taught South Asian history and politics at Oxford. She is now Deputy Director of Analysis at Oxford Analytica, a global analysis and advisory firm.

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